The heritage Goddess Kali Sana Thakurani temple located near the Sub-Registrar’s Office here will celebrate the Navaratri Puja in the temple premises from September 21, informed temple’s priest A Srinivas Rao.
Unlike previous years, the celebration will draw many enthusiasts and devotees to seek blessings of the deity who will appear in Durga avatar in the oldest temple, he added.
This is one of the key Sakti Peethas of south Odisha which attracts devotees not only from the silk city, but also its adjoining places and neighbouring Andhra Pradesh. In view of the upcoming Navaratri Puja, the Subha Puja was held here on Wednesday in the temple to mark the beginning of the celebrations.
According to its long tradition, Goddess Maa Kali Sana Thakurani will appear in 10 avatars to portray her different identities for which the temple managing committee has already made the required arrangements for the purpose. In addition to this, arrangements have also been made for a variety of other traditional performances of rites and rituals including Kunkum Archana, Belapatra Archana, Kumbha Prateestha, Akhanda Deep Projalana, lalita Sahasranam Pathan, Bigrahavisekh and finally the immersion ceremony will be celebrated on October 1.